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49Mbps will be highest speed needed by 2026: govt study A working paper released by the Department of Communications and the Arts on Tuesday claims that the rollout of the national broadband network should provide enough bandwidth for Australian households through to 2026.
28th February 2018
Vocus chief Horth quits 'by mutual agreement' Vocus chief executive Geoff Horth has left the company "by mutual agreement", according to an announcement made to the ASX on Monday. VHA customers hit 5.81 million mark in strong growth year Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has boosted its customer base to 5.81 million to the end of last December, adding 246,000 customers over 12 months in 2017.
27th February 2018
Optus jumps on Samsung Galaxy S9 bandwagon soon after launch Optus has announced pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy 9 and 9+ shortly after the South Korean conglomerate held a news conference in Barcelona to launch the two smartphones.
26th February 2018
NBN Co's quest for more ARPU is ill-fated: network expert The quest by the NBN Co to push up the average revenue per user is ill-fated as this would lead to a rise in retail prices, which would in turn, result in a drop in the number of paying customers, a network expert claims.
23rd February 2018
Speed issues? It ain't us that's to blame, says NBN Co COMMENT: The NBN Co is well known for doing what Pontius Pilate did ? washing its hands of any responsibility for the performance of the network that it has built so far. Yesterday it unveiled another instalment in this exercise.
22nd February 2018
Vocus revises FY18 earnings down, drops dividend The Vocus Group has reported $967 million in revenue for the first half of the 2018 financial year, up on the 2017 result, but the underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) of $68.6 million was considerably down.
21st February 2018
House panel opens inquiry into NBN Co business case The Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network has opened inquiries into the NBN Co's business case and the rollout of the network in rural and regional areas.
20th February 2018
Spirit offers back-up Internet service over wireless NBN alternative Internet service provider Spirit Telecom has launched a back-up Internet service that will remain redundant until it is needed, under the name Redundancy-as-a-Service.
19th February 2018
Telstra profits drop on back of Ooyala investment disaster Telstra?s profitability has taken a big hit from its disastrous investment in US-based business Ooyala with the big telco reporting profit for the six months to the end of December plunged by 5% to $1.7 billion compared to the previous half year.
16th February 2018
Four companies join to reach 2Gbps speeds over 4G Record-breaking 4G speeds of up to 2Gpbs have been achieved by Telstra, Ericsson, Netgear and Qualcomm Technologies in laboratory testing using a chipset that was recently released.
15th February 2018